The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-20

= At Sydney, N. 8. W., four OF the young
men condemned recently for an outrageous
assault on a servant girl were hanged
there.
1t is stated that q very pressing invita-
tion has been sent from Rideau hall to
President and Mrs. Cleveland and the mem.
bers of the United States cabinet to be-
come the guests OF the governor general at
Montreal during the carnival.
crowd of unemployed workingmen
made demonstrate in Trafalgers square,
London, denouncing the apathy OF the
government. Shopkeepers feared riot,
but the crowd quietly dispersed.
Tcung Ii Yannen OF China has agreed to
pay $25, 900 to the American missionaries
who suffered losses during the recent riots
at Ching Kings.
The secretary of war forwarded to the
house Of representatives the full report of
the action OF the board OF engineers in the
matter OF the improvement on the Fox
and Wisconsin rivers, together with the re-
oort ofthe engineers in charge OF the sur
7eys and conditions existing there. After
,pending 81, 466, $40 on the gigantic enter
prise. 81, Sl6,794 OF which was put upon
the Fox river, and $59O,175 on the Wis
Wisconsin river be abandoned. and only
30 much OF that upon the Fox river be
completed as will finish the enterprise al
ready begun. The advisory board OF engi-
neers consisted OF Thomas. L. Casey, Col.
H. L. Abbott, Col. G. B. Ccmstock, Capt.
D. C. Houston and Lieut.. w. McFar-
land. Chairman Willis of the river
and harbor committee, said that the
engineers had for years been discouraged
over the outlook in this matter, and could
see for the reasons given by Capt. Marshall
no opportunity for making the Wisconsin
Improvement permanent or valuable. 1t
was finally determined to give up the ork.
One hundred and twenty-six ofthe United
States registered packages, lost in the Bel
gian mail robbery of Nov. II, have been
found unopened, under the sofa in one OF
the parlors OF the Grand hotel. in Brussels.
Fourteen packages, found at the same time
and place, had been rified OF their contents.
It is ficially stated that 4O5 persons
were burned to death in the incendiary fire
which destroyed the reserved enclosure in
the Peoples Park.
In the Boston superior court. Maurice 8.
Fitzgerald. q Catholic clergyman. has
brought suit against Archbishop Williams
wrongfully deposed from his position.
=, At the funeral OF Bishop Potter in New
York 400 clergymen were present.
Rev. j. y. dIOS6Defe0ner, Dl6nOp emeritus
of the United Brethren church, died at
Churchville, Va, aged seventy-four years.
Miss Ollie Brown, aged nineteen, ol
Middleton, N. Y, was driven insane by
Manders circulated by John w. Baird, a
young man OF that place.
d Express Messenger Fotheringham's bail
was reduced in st. Louis from $50, 900 to
$1,000.
An epidemic OF smallpox is feared in
Brooklyn. The first cases occurred week
or more ago in densely populated sec.
tion OF the city, where there are 1OO, 600
people in houses fly built on land which
has been reclaimed from q swamp.
The government expects to begin prelin1-
mary proceedings against the Bell Tel
ephone company in Boston before the
middle OF next week. The counsel will be
District Attorney Stern OF Boston and
Chandler, Whitman and Goode.
The Democratic congre ssional convention
r Mt Eau Claire nominates DR.. johnson oi
Hudson for the long, and James Barden
Of Superior for the short term.
Frank B. Mcdonald, son 81 ex-senator
Mcdonald, died in Washington OF heart
disease He had been for some years q
clerk in the treasury department.
Pensions were allowed to the following
people in Minnesota: N. G. Northway,
Princeton; L. 8. Van vliet, Lake City